A toy stuffed dog has just been sewn together when it hears a young child ask for an orange. The child's mother explains that they have no money, and so she cannot buy any oranges. The dog is then packed up along with a box full of other toys to be sold, but it soon winds up in the street. The dog picks up an orange from a curbside stand, and hopes to take it home to the child. But that night, before the dog can get back to the child's home, it must face a series of strange and frightening adventures.

"By the time he made ‘The Mascot’, Ladislas Starevich was already working on his masterful, pioneering feature length animation ‘The Tale of the Fox’ but that didn’t stop him from also making his masterpiece of short animation too. ‘The Mascot’ is probably Starevich’s most famous film, championed by the likes of Terry Gilliam, who listed it in his top ten animated shorts of all time. It’s further evidence of the importance of this underappreciated talent, whose films show such r"

"DIR: Ladislas Starevich
SUMMARY: A toy dog goes through hell in an attempt to get an orange to a sick girl.
WHY IT'S HERE: By the time he made 'The Mascot', Ladislas Starevich was already working on his masterful, pioneering feature length animation 'The Tale of the Fox' but that didn't stop him from also making his masterpiece of short animation too. 'The Mascot' is probably Starevich's most famous film, championed by the likes of Terry Gilliam, who listed it in his top ten animated shorts "